Pair: Fighting Claws are traditionally used in pairs,one in each hand. A warrior armed with FightingClaws gets an additional attack.

(weeping blades with the identical text except the name of the weapon is switched).

How is this meant? Is this +1 Attacks the same as getting another attack because the model uses an additional handweapon or gives it +2 attacks (+ 1 for the second handweapon and +1 for the fc/wb)?

Example: A Black Skaven with A1 in his profile is equipped with fc/wb. does he get 2 attacks or 3?

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art of silent deathThe Skaven has patiently mastered the deadly art ofopen-hand fighting, as taught by the mystics of Cathay inthe temples of the far East. In hand-to-hand combat, theSkaven can fight with his bare paws without anypenalties and counts as having two weapons (ie, +1attack). In addition, a Skaven Hero with this skill willcause a critical hit on a To Wound roll of 5-6 instead ofjust 6. This skill may be used in conjunction with theEshin Fighting Claws (+2 Attacks instead of +1).

So this would suggest that in the example above he gets 3 attacks, but I remember people arguing the +1 is due to the additional handweapon only....

I thought this had been discussed before, but I could not find anything using the search function. So I bring it up.

BTW: For those who are using the -1 penalty for multiple weapons: Would you apply the -1 penalty for fc/wb too or treat them as an exception as they are "used in pairs"?

The extra attack mentioned is because of the additional weapon. So a model armed with a pair of fighting claws and has one attack on his profile will have a total of two attacks.

The art of silent death skill is pretty clear. Unarmed, you get 2 attacks and with fighting claws, you get three attacks (if you only have one attack on your profile).

I know people use both variants, at least for fighting claws. One argument for disregarding the -1 with fighting claws is that they are basically two swords for 35gc but you can't use just one.The weeping blades however, are two swords (20gc) covered permanently with black lotus (11-16gc * 2). (totals 42-52gc) So the price is reasonable and shouldn't be allowed to disregard the -1 penalty.